Rap Irregular Verbs

Fluency MC (Jason R. Levine) "raps the white board" in his Friday ESL class at Bloomfield College to StickStuckStuck those English irregular verb forms in your head!

The LYRICS are INCLUDED BELOW!

Collo! It'll Follow!

STICKSTUCKSTUCK LYRICS

The microphone I

TAKE (took, TAKen). You SHAKE (shook, SHAken). WAKE (woke, WOken) to the STYLE Im creAting. THINK (thought, THOUGHT). SEEK (sought, SOUGHT). LISten to the LESson that I TEACH (taught, TAUGHT).

Dont SLEEP (slept, SLEPT). I CREEP (crept, CREPT). I SNEAK (snuck, SNUCK UP). You LEAP (leapt, LEAPT). I KEEP (kept, KEPT) HAVing FUN. Im never BEAT (beat, BEAten); I WIN (won, WON). DO (did, DONE). BeGIN (began, beGUN). SHOOT (shot, SHOT)no, I DONT own a GUN. I LEAD (led, LED) so I can FEED (fed, FED). the KNOWledge you NEED, STRAIGHT to your HEAD. When I BRING (brought, BROUGHT) it, you CATCH (caught, CAUGHT) it. Sit BACKreLAX. Dont FIGHT (fought, FOUGHT) it.

Please don't

FREEZE (froze, FROzen) when I SPEAK (spoke, SPOken). Its REAL. You can FEEL I dont STEAL (stole, STOlen). I CHOOSE (chose, CHOsen) the VERy best RHYMES and WRITE (wrote, WRITten) them INto my LINES and INto your MIND. When we MEET (met, MET) Ill BET (bet, BET) I wont LET you forGET (forGOTforGOTten). I GET (got, GOTten) EVery head NODding. Dont THINK about STOPping just COME (came, COME). THIS is hip hop. I dont SING (sang, SUNG). I STING (stung, STUNG). I CLING (clung, CLUNG). On EACH and every WORD, you HANG (hung, HUNG).

Its not enough to

DREAM (dreamt, DREAMT); youve got to SPEND (spent, SPENT) TIME on your GOALS. Please LEND (lent, LENT) me your EAR. Come NEAR and Ill LAY (laid, LAID) DOWN this new SOUND that I MAKE (made, MADE). I HOPE you dont SAY that you THINK its JUNK.

I HOPE you dont THINK that I STINK (stank, STUNK). If youre THIRSty for ENGlish, come DRINK (drank, DRUNK). because I SINK (sank, SUNK) ALL compeTItion when they HEAR (heard, HEARD) that I GIVE (gave, GIVen) encouragement when I SPIT (spat, SPAT). Never QUIT (quit, QUIT); dont SIT (sat, SAT). Yeah, I LIKE it like THAT. Ill even KNEEL (knelt, KNELT). and BEG you to exPRESS what you FEEL (felt, FELT).

I RISE (rose, RISen) when I DRIVE (drove, DRIVen) through the BEAT; tap your FEET as you RIDE (rode, RIDden). Those that HIDE (hid, HIDden) I FIND (found, FOUND). If you FLEE (fled, FLED) then Ill TRACK you DOWN.

Now you SEE (saw, SEEN) that I MEAN (meant, MEANT) every WORD of the MESsage that I SEND (sent, SENT). I SHOW (showed, SHOWN) I can FLY (flew, FLOWN). Now you KNOW (knew, KNOWN) I SHINE (shone, SHONE). Ill THROW (threw, THROWN) you the BALL. Its your TURN. GROW (grew, GROWN) with the VERBS that youve LEARNED. GRAMmar through LYRics I DRAW (drew, DRAWN). PEACE to elLS, now I GO (went, GONE)!